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The in vitro fertilization It is one of the highly complex assisted reproductive techniques. But it is also included in these highly complex techniques to a modern technique that is the vitrification procedure. It consists of the rapid freezing of embryos or gametes in the in vitro fertilization laboratory.
The oocyte vitrification It is performed for women who want to preserve their fertility and also for cancer patients who want to preserve their fertility before starting cancer treatment, according to the doctor. Roberto Suarez, director of the Swiss-American Clinic in Quality of Life in El País. “Today we have to give it an important space, it is a pathology that is present every day and has a longer survival. Today we find women who have had cancer and who are cured and may want to be a mother ”, explains Suárez.
The expert stated that the National Resource Fund fully or partially finances assisted reproductive techniques in Uruguay and that its patients are advised with the documentation needed to access benefits.